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Gold has outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 10 years...

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Jan 23, 2026 · 02:33

and that's with dividends reinvested for VOO and using GLD which has a very high expense ratio and probably negative earnings due to storage cost and more supply of gold.

[https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/voo/chart](https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/voo/chart)

[https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/gld/chart](https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/gld/chart)

Why is GLD outperforming the riskier asset that generates no income or earnings? Analyst targets seem to have GLD rise even higher and continue to outperform.